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Single-player games like OrbiTower

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to OrbiTower, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.

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Ranked picks

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    Rebellion Corporation — Steam game cover

    Rebellion Corporation

    Single-player alternative to OrbiTower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with OrbiTower.

    On planets occupied by robots, mine resources and escape while fending off their attacks! The Ark's survival is entirely in your hands. Many elite crews with abilities will assist you in your mission. The various turret modules are always doing their best to defend your base without your attention.

    2023StrategyIndie7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mechanical Trap — Steam game cover

    Mechanical Trap

    Single-player alternative to OrbiTower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with OrbiTower.

    Mechanical Trap is a 2D horizontal tower defense game with gravity effects, with a variety of defense towers to collect and use together, a rich map, each enemy has a different way of restraining, and each defense tower has a different function.It's challenging. Do you dare to accept the challenge?

    2024StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Fall of Aether Station — Steam game cover

    The Fall of Aether Station

    Single-player alternative to OrbiTower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with OrbiTower.

    Customize your Ships, Upgrade your fleet, and Command your way to victory in this ruthless rogue-lite tower defense/real time strategy hybrid. Take on an enemy that learns from your moves and adjusts its own path. Do you have what it takes to persevere?

    2024ActionStrategyIndie12.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Jellystar Empires: When Space Bunnies Attack!! — Steam game cover

    Jellystar Empires: When Space Bunnies Attack!!

    Single-player alternative to OrbiTower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with OrbiTower.

    An area-control real-time strategy game, filled with auto-battling bunnies bent on destroying the human race! Explore space and uncover hand-painted planets. Research unique upgrades! Kill your friends! -er use diplomacy in multiplayer!

    StrategyIndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Exone Rift — Steam game cover

    Exone Rift

    Single-player alternative to OrbiTower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with OrbiTower.

    Take direct control of your hero on a hostile planet. Build your base, gather resources, expand your territory your way, and survive against the planet’s deadly wildlife.

    ActionStrategyIndieFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Waveguard — Steam game cover

    Waveguard

    Single-player alternative to OrbiTower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with OrbiTower.

    A roguelike tower defense where every run reshapes your strategy. Build your team of towers, combine more than 80 artifacts, and explore a pixel-art world while taking on ever tougher challenges and bosses.

    StrategySingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes — Steam game cover

    Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes

    Single-player alternative to OrbiTower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with OrbiTower.

    In Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes, take command of a fleet escaping the annihilation of the Twelve Colonies. Manage crises on board as you prepare for the next encounter with the Cylon Fleet. Times are dire, and hard choices must be made. Your only hope: rejoin the Battlestar Galactica.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The King is Watching — Steam game cover

    The King is Watching

    Single-player alternative to OrbiTower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with OrbiTower.

    The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run

    2025StrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →